GOOGLE IO 2017 HIGHLIGHTS ANDROID DEVELOPER

Hello Friends, This year’s Google IO is Christmas in advance with very exciting announcements. Today first of all we will see the features list I have compiled . Lets see Google IO 2017 highlights android developer.

GOOGLE IO 2017 HIGHLIGHTS ANDROID DEVELOPER

KOTLIN: It’s Official Now

KOTLIN is now officially supported language for developing Android apps.Its challenging and exciting to learn a new programming language. It not only declare a new skill set in your learning but also give you enough idea of how the modern programming language works.

Kotlin

The great part about this is that Kotlin works side-by-side with Java and C++, meaning you can add new code in Kotlin and keep existing code in Java. Kotlin reduces the amount of code you need to write which makes it a much more concise language. It can also help avoid null pointer exceptions as it introduces nullable types. It is already compatible with IntelliJ and Android Studio. There are many more features of Kotlin that I won’t dive into here.

Android Architecture Components:

One of the other big announcements was the Android Architecture Components Libraries. Previously the Android team refrained from giving advice as to how you should structure your Android applications. For the most part this meant that anyone learning Android for the first time would just end up placing all their code into the Activity files and occasionally moving stuff into an AsyncTask if the app crashed with a NetworkOnMainThreadException.

Now the Android Team has given guidelines for writing new applications on Android, these can be found here.

The new libraries include the following:

Room – A SQLite object mapper. Very similar to other libraries such as ORMlite or greenDAO. It uses SQL while still allowing compile time guarantees on the queries.

LiveData – A Lifecycle aware observable core component.

ViewModel – The communication points with the rest of the application for Activities / Fragments. They are UI code free and outlive the activity or fragment.

Lifecycle – A core part of the Architecture components, it contains information about the lifecycle state of a component (for instance an Activity).

Emoji Compatibility library – This means you no longer need to see unknown shapes when certain emojis aren’t available on your platform.

Downloadable Fonts and Font Support – Now you are able to use custom fonts in your application without having to use third party libraries. It also means you don’t have to package common fonts in your apk file which results.

Android Studio 3.0

The Android Studio 3.0 is released with major updates,including conversion to Kotlin integrated with IDE.Built in conversion tools does a great job in converting your existing Java code into Kotlin code.

If you also paste any java code into Kotlin file then it will automatically converted to Kotlin code.

Layout Updates for Designing:

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Android Instant apps:

With the launch of the public SDK at this year’s Google I/O, Instant Apps are available to everyone.It’s exciting news for all developers out there who can’t wait to get their hands on the SDK and start building Instant Apps.

Google has also built support for this feature into the new Android Studio. The IDE now allows you to modularize your app and make it an Instant App with ease. You don’t need to create a new app or maintain a separate codebase for Instant Apps, all we need to do is modularize your app properly on the basis of separate, isolated features.

An official in-depth guide with code samples is available from Google to help you create Instant Apps right now.

Now developers get a chance to look at some more new features such as Notification Dots over app icons, smart AI-powered text-selection capabilities, an optimized garbage collector for faster runtime, up to 2X quicker boot times, improved security with Android Vitals, and much more.

With a huge focus on app performance and quality, Google also announced the Firebase Performance Monitoring tool, which gives you deep insight on various performance metrics (such as app startup time, network performance, etc.).

Google Play Console :

New Addition of Device Catalog in Play Console will show rich data for thousands of Google-certified devices running Android. The catalog will display total install, cumulative rating and revenue for a particular device where your app installed.

Other updates to Play Console such as the Statistics page, Financial Reports page, Release Dashboard, Pre-Launch Report page and more.

Android Go:

A lightweight OS for budget devices

Android has over 2 billion monthly active devices. But gap is there due to less budget in addition to poor internet connectivity.

Android Go will basically be a lightweight version of Android O, which will automatically kick in for any device with no more than 1GB of RAM. The OS is therefore optimize to run smoothly on such low-end devices. As a result, Google Play will automatically start promoting apps that meet these criteria and can run flawlessly on any entry-level device.

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Ravi Yadav is an Android developer whose passion is to develop Android applications and sharing his work. He loves to post the tutorials which he created while learning any new latest technology topic.He loves to share about the latest technology happenings and other tricks that will be helpful for readers of Askfortricks.